Broadband Breakfast on October 29, 2025 - Big Tech and Europe

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Europe has pursued a distinctive approach to regulating big tech companies, balancing market competition with strong consumer protection through legislation like the European Union's Digital Markets Act of 2023. But has this regulatory framework inadvertently hindered big tech innovation and economic growth in Europe? Have these rules created obstacles for both European tech companies trying to scale and global tech giants operating in the region? Join us for a lively debate about Europe's technology landscape, the impact of digital regulation, and what Europe might need to do to foster a thriving tech ecosystem.

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Panelists

• Jennifer Huddleston, Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, CATO Institute
• Joseph Coniglio, Director, Antitrust & Innovation Policy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
• Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Jennifer Huddleston is a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute. Her research focuses on the intersection of emerging technology and law with a particular interest in the interactions between technology and the administrative state. Huddleston has a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law and a BA in political science from Wellesley College.

Joseph V. Coniglio is the director of antitrust and innovation, leading ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy. Joseph is widely regarded as a top antitrust and tech policy expert, having testified before Congress on antitrust and artificial intelligence, and has appeared and been quoted in leading media like CBS, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and more. Joseph previously worked as an associate at the law firms Sidley Austin and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specialized in civil non-merger investigations and counseling for large technology and financial services companies. 

Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.